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A Day at Artis Zoo : A New Generation of Mates

We requested no gifts for Anneke’s 2nd Birthday. She doesn’t need anything and the fact that…
Kongingsdag 2014

Great day – even Dave got caught up in the spirit and donned the lei :…
Koningsdag (Kings Day, formerly known as Queen’s Day)

26 April – Koningsdag 2014 promises to be a huuuuuge day. The Dutch are mad for…
Waiting for the Babysitter – Iceka (Saskia)

Anneke just adores Saskia. When she wakes up in the morning after Saskia has babysat, Anneke…
A Different Kind of Church

@ De Jopenkerk A fully operational brewery here in Haarlem (kerk=church)
Good Friday, Great Friday, Wonderful Friday.

Another very interesting thing about The Netherlands was to find that Good Friday was not an…
Pasen (Easter) – not be confused with ‘plassen’

The ESP group put together an Easter Egg hunt for the Children the other day. Off…
Spring in Haarlem : So pretty

We were on our way to music class the other day and I had to stop…
Chinese restaurants the same the world over?

Recently we thought we’d treat ourselves to a meal out. We decided on our local Haarlem…